area51novel Chapter 247
Chapter 247
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"This kind of thing cannot be decided by the emperor alone, it depends on the attitudes of other civil and military officials, right?"
Li Shimin nodded, "That's right!"
As the emperor, he cannot act alone.
It depends on what others say, this point Li Shimin deeply felt.
"I think what you did is almost perfect, there is no better choice."
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, "Do you think so?"
"Well, you should be very clear about the situation at that time, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory, it is impossible to win too easily!"
"As long as you are 50% sure, you will never compromise with the Turks!" Li Shimin did not dare to gamble. If he lost the bet, Chang'an City would be lost, and the consequences would be disastrous.
"This is my lifelong shame!" Li Shimin clenched his fists.
"I don't agree with this!"
"Hmm?"
Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran, "What do you mean?"
"I don't think the Weishui Alliance is a shame for my uncle!"
Li Shimin took a sip of water, "Isn't this a shame? People blocked the door, isn't it?"
Xiao Ran didn't want to talk about the rest of the story now. Li Shimin didn't know what the old Zhao family of the Song Dynasty had done.
Only the Aisin-Gioro family could talk about the mess of the Chanyuan Alliance.
Looking at the five thousand years of China, it is a very explosive existence.
"It is a shame for the Tang Dynasty, but not for you, my uncle."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Li Lizhi suddenly became interested, and Empress Changsun and Princess Yuzhang also listened curiously.
"If the Tang Dynasty is strong, if the Tang Dynasty you took over is the same as the Sui Dynasty taken over by Emperor Yang of Sui, it is indeed a shame for you to let people block your door."
"You still compromise, which is even more shameful!"
"But the problem is different! The Tang Dynasty you took over has just ended the war, and everything is in ruins. It is not rich and strong, and you have just ascended the throne, so there is nothing you can do."
"This is not your problem. The situation in the Tang Dynasty is not optimistic."
"It is indeed a shame for a country to be blocked at the door and finally compromise, but this is not your problem, it is not caused by you."
"So I said this is a shame for the Tang Dynasty, but not for you, uncle."
"I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I represent the Tang Dynasty, we all prosper together and suffer together! The humiliation of the Tang Dynasty is my fault!" Li Shimin always thought so.
Until Li Shimin's later years, he felt so.
Even though the Eastern Turks were destroyed and the Khan was captured and brought to Chang'an to perform, Li Shimin did not feel that he had completely washed away the shame.
He always felt that this was a stain on his life.
"Uncle, from the perspective of the relationship between the emperor and the country, it's okay to think so. I just have a different opinion."
"At this time, not moving the capital and running away has already won many emperors."
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin laughed, "What's there to say about this? How can an emperor run away? If an emperor runs away, wouldn't it be a joke!"
Xiao Ran silently complained in his heart, if you knew that the capital of the Tang Dynasty was captured six times and the emperor fled nine times, what would you think?
Even if Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were not Li Shimin's descendants, Li Shimin would probably be angry to death when he heard the emperor say this.
And Zhao Gou, who was beaten and ran to Jiangnan, Li Shimin must have despised him.
"In the past, when Shu Han was destroyed, the King of Beidi Liu Chen was able to sacrifice his life for the country, so I can do the same!"
"When the country is really destroyed, I will not commit suicide for the country, I will die on the battlefield!"
Xiao Ran was not surprised that Li Shimin could do this, because half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by Li Shimin.
The greatest contributor to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty!
"I believe my uncle can do this. From the First Emperor to the Tang Dynasty, there should be no emperor who can lead troops to fight!"
"My uncle should be the first!"
'Since ancient times, there has been no one who can be better than Li Shimin in military affairs, and the second is Zhu Yuanzhang. '
The person who said this is also a man of both civil and military skills, and his recognition is very telling.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't have it, so Li Shimin is the strongest.
At least among the emperors of the feudal dynasty, no one can be more powerful than him in military ability!
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin was very comfortable being praised.
"Boy, I'm not used to you talking like this. I still like the way you care about every little thing and don't want to suffer any loss."
The distance between the two people suddenly became much closer.
Too polite a name is alienation.
Xiao Ran called him uncle, which sounded like a relative. Although there was no blood relationship, it didn't affect it.
Li Shimin addressed Xiao Ran like an elder addressing a younger generation, also to narrow the distance.
There will be many things to cooperate in the future.
"I can eat anything, but I really don't want to suffer any loss!"
The little princess looked up suddenly,"What the hell are you talking about~"
"No..." Xiao Ran was helpless. The little princess, who was concentrating on playing chess, became more energetic when she heard about food.
"You little girl!" Li Lizhi rubbed the little princess's head.
"I don't want to suffer a loss. It doesn't conflict with me admitting that you, my uncle, are very powerful, right!"
"Hahaha!" Li Shimin laughed heartily.
His favorability towards Xiao Ran soared straight up. The more he looked at Xiao Ran, the more he liked him.
"You make sense, kid!"
Li Shimin agreed deeply.
"Although the Tang Dynasty at that time had little chance of winning, it was not completely powerless. If they met many people, they would probably fight to the death. If they won, it would be fine, but if they lost, it would be serious."
"It's great that you can endure this kind of thing, uncle."
"Buy enough time for the Tang Dynasty!"
"One person brought a few confidants to face the Turkic army and scolded the Turkic Khan. This behavior has never been seen before and it will be difficult to do it again in the future."
"How many people can do this kind of courage and spirit!"
"This should be your highlight moment, uncle, it should not be a shame. It's not shameful to endure humiliation!"
"As the saying goes, it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, not to mention that it only took you three or four years!"
Li Shimin nodded and felt relieved!
I felt that what Xiao Ran said seemed to make sense.
"As strong as the Han Dynasty was, Emperor Taizu Gaohuang Liu Bang also had the siege of Baideng and compromised with the Xiongnu. Does your uncle think that the Han Dynasty is a disgrace?"
"Emperor Wu swept the Xiongnu and made the Han Dynasty famous. It's not a disgrace!"
"The Han Dynasty took several generations and decades to avenge its previous shame. Your uncle doesn't feel ashamed. Why would he be so upset about the Weishui Alliance, which avenged its previous shame in three years!"
Li Shimin sighed and felt much more comfortable.
No one had said this before.
Xiao Ran felt that it was a disgrace to the Tang Dynasty and a highlight moment for Li Shimin.
This was the first time Li Shimin had heard of this.
Whether it was the Tang Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, it was not a disgrace, and they paid it back with interest later.
The real disgrace was the Song Dynasty, and the Jingkang Shame was the real shame.
Later, it cooperated with other countries to barely pay back the interest.
The Northern Song Dynasty was not big at the beginning, and later...it got smaller and smaller!